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OPINION

Whoever dropped off dogs should be ashamed

Five small dogs were dumped in their crates on the road to my home in mid-January. The area is isolated, on a road through miles of BLM land. I drove by the site to get to and from home, so I was much aware of their plight. We tried to feed them the first few days after Animal Control was successful only in catching one dog. Then the sightings stopped. So, no more food.

One night a full month later, two of the dogs were again seen on the road. We started putting out food twice daily with a camera to monitor. After a feeding pattern was established, Animal Control returned and successfully rescued the two surviving small dogs.

They were out in the wild for 42 days during storms with night lows in the mid 20s. They had almost no food. The suffering they endured, and that they lived through it at all, is almost unbelievable. I want the person who did this, and others of like minds, to know about the completely unnecessary, preventable suffering these poor creatures endured.

But for the assistance of Shasta Animal Control officers, Haven Humane Society, and a very few well-meaning citizens, the conclusion of this story would just be hypothermia and starvation.